Fastener for hand-bags and the like.



K. OSWALD.

FASTENER FOB. HAND BAGS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1913.

Patented July 7, 1914.

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THE NORR IS PETERS C0,, PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON, U C.

'rnn STATES PATENT ()FFIOE.

KARL OSWALD, F IRVINGTON, NEW JEBSESL'ASSIGNOR T0 DAVID MORGENSTERN AND MAX BRILL, PARTNERS UNDER FIRM-NAME OF MORGENSTERN & BRILL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July '7, 1914:.

Application filed June 20, 1913. Serial No. 774,759.

I zen of the United States, residing at Irvington, in the count of Essex and Stateof New Jersey, have lnvented certaln Improvements in Fasteners for Hand-Bags and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of'this invention are to provide a primary and secondary lock for a hand bag and the like; to provlde such a secondary lock which willcresillently reslst opening by engagement with the prlmary lock; to provide a primary lock adapted to this purpose; to also provide a secondary lock which will fit close to the primary lock; to provide an improved U-shaped construction of secondary lock; to prov1de aws to engage on the opposite sides of the bag frame to provide such a secondary lock which has to be opened before the primary lock, but which will lock the primary lock simultaneously with looking itself; to secure simplicity of construction and operatlon, and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals indicate the same parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is an elevation of a bag frame to which my improved fastening means is applied; Fig. 2 isa view from the opposite side of the fastening meansshowing only a portion of said bag frame; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the secondary locking member in open position; Fig. 4: 1s a plan view of the device as shown in Fig. 1, showing only a portion of the bag frame; Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line AA of Fig. .2, looking in the direction of the arrows, and Fig. 6 is a similar sectional view look ing in the other or opposite direction from that indicated by the arrows and showing the secondary locking member in a partially depressed position.

In the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawings, the reference numerals 1, 2 indicate the frame sections of a hand bag or the like, said frame sections being hinged at their ends as at 3, 3 and constituting the usual frame for a hand bag.

means for preventing inadvertent swinging The present invention contemplates novel apart or opening of these frame sections,

either by accident or by thieves,without at tracting the attention of the party carrying the bag, and for this purpose I provide substantially at the center of the frame on its top, a primary locking member 4: the opening of which is prevented by a resilient secondary member-5 overlying the same on opposite sides of the frame. Said primary locking member 4 preferably comprises a ringor loop 6 on one of the frame sections, as 1, extending centrally upward therefrom and providing an aperture or hole 7 facing toward the other frame section 2. This other frame section 2 carries centrally of its upper reach, opposite the loop 6, a preferably curved or inverted L-shaped post 8, riveted or otherwise secured at its lower end to the frame section 2 and curving at its other end toward the loop 6 on the firstmentioned frame section 1. A knob 9 preferably terminates the free end of said curved post 8, said knob being small enough in diameter to pass through the aperture 7 of the loop 6. When the frame sections are swung toward each other on their pivots, the centers of the knob 9 and the hole 6 are substantially in a plane perpendicular to the line of pivoting, but as shown in the drawings, the center of the knob is closer to the top of the bag frame than the center of the hole, whereby to force the knob into said hole requires a depressive force to bend the upper reach of the frame section 1 down so the knob and hole will register. It is to be understood that this deviation from the true alinement is but slight and the frame section can be depressed as above described by pressing the two sections together, the curved surface of the knob engaging the lower part of the hole and wedgingly depressing said loop and the frame section to which it is attached, so that the frame sections can be forced together. The knob 9 is also preferably notched peripherally, as at 10, in such manner as that the lower'edge of the aperture will be admitted up into the notch when the frame sections are closed together, being released therefrom by a wedg-.

ing action similar to that above described for closing the bag. It is for greater convenience of opening the bag that I have provided the loop 6, for, by placing ones first finger on the upper part of the loop above the post 8 and pressing on the outerend of 'i the knob 9 with the thumb of the same hand,

said knob is forced out of the aperture.

The secondary or auxiliary locking mem-,

ber comprises a U-shapedyoke 11 adapted to lie flatwise on the top of the bag frame with its jaws 12, 13 on opposite sides of the pri-- marylocking member to prevent their opening, and for the more convenient operation and utilization of this secondary locking, member, one of the jaws, as 13, has a rearwardly projecting arm 14: pivoted at its end to the side of the frame section 2 as. at 15. By this means, therefore, the yoke'll may i be swung down'to receive the primary locking member between its jaws or may be swung up out of the way so the said pri-- mary locking device may be released and the I bag opened. For greater strengthpthe connect-in'g portion of the U betweenthe jaws 12, 13 is preferably wider than the: jaws which are comparatively thin and provided; with suitable reinforcing'ribs 16, 17 on their l outer sides. It is furthermore preferable to 5 provide the jaws 12, 13 with depending ears or flanges 18, 19,respective1y, to overlie opposite sides of the upperreach of the bag when sa1d secondary fastening means is: closed down. As shown, these ears 16, 17;

areconcave on their inner walls,-and so proportioned detracting from the appearance of the bag.

-VVhen so desired a' protuberance 20' maybe provided'on'the frame, section 2 over. "which the other car 19 may snap, thus procuring even greater and more evenly dis-I posed resistance to the upward swing of the yoke prerequisite for gaining entrance to the bag.

For the further convenience of the user of the bag, it isprefera-ble to proportion and arrange the partsso that when the channel 1 frames are swung together until the knob 9 "first engages the loop 6, the ear 18, which engages the knob when closed, overreaches the top of the loop 6. Then by depressing the yoke, said ear wedgingly forces said loop toward and upon the knob which ultimately snaps into said loop and the yoke snaps down to closed position. By this means, it will be obvious that the bag need be only swung shut as far as the meeting ofthe knob with the loop will allow, 1 see Fig. 6 showing the same in this shut by simply depressing the secondary position, and both locking member s snapped locking member, whereas to open the bag I each locking member must be opened separately. Obviously I thus obtain the convenience of a single look when closing the bag,

and the security of the double lock'for preventing thieves from opening the bag with,-

carrying the same. I

Itwill be understood that the advantages and benefits of my invention may be secured to someextent by using my improved secout attracting the attention of the party ondary locking member in combination with suitable primary locking members of differ ent construction than the one which I have 'shown'and described-in detail, and I therefore wish to include this. I w I Various other modifications may'bemade without departing from the spirit and scope of the invent-ion and I do not wish to be understood as restricting myself exceptas required by the claimswh'en construed in the light of the prior art. I Having thus described the'invention, what I claim is 1. The combination with a pair of hinged frame sections, of a shoulder on one of said I sections, a notched knob adapted to resiliand arranged that as the yoke is swung from open to closed position one of said ears,"as 18, engages the protruding ex- 1 tremity of theknob't) and, by virtue ofthe resiliency of the parts, may be depressed to i closed position, snapping over said knob and f underlying the outer end portion thereof. In order to open the secondary member, the same must be forced resiliently past said knob again before the said knob can be ently engage said shoulder'and retain said sections together, and a secondary locking member for preventing said knob from being released, said secondary locking member being retained from opening by saidknob.

2. The combination with a pair of hinged frame sections, ofa shoulder on one of said sections, a notched knob adapted to resiliently engage said shoulder and retain said sections together, and a pivoted yoke preventing said knob frombeing released, said pivoted yoke being retained from opening by said knob. I

3. The combination with a bag frame comprising hinged sections, and primary locking members therefor, of a' secondary locking member consisting of a U-shaped yoke secured to the bag frame and adapted to lie with its closed end transversely across the tops of the bag frame ections at one end of the primary locking members when closed and its arms extend-ing longitudinally of said sections on opposite sides of said primary locking members, said secondary lockingjmemb'er being 'hinged to one of the bag.

frame sections so as to swing upwardly away from the primary locking members with the extremities. of its arms moving in-a path whose/radius is less than the distancefrom its center to the opposite side of the primary locking members.

4. The combinatlon with a bag frame com-prising hinged sections, and primary locking members therefor, of a secondary locking [member COIlSlStlIlg ofa U-shaped yoke hinged to the bag frame to close down upon the top thereof with its arms lying on opposite sides of the said primary locking members the closed end of said yoke being reinforced, and the arms increasing in resiliency toward their ends.

5. The combination with a bag frame comprising hinged sections, and primary locking members therefor, of a secondary locking member consisting of a U-shaped yoke adapted to lie with its closed end transversely across the tops of the bag frame sections at one end of the primary locking members when closed and its arms extending longitudinally of said sections on opposite sides of said primary locking members, said secondary locking member being hinged to one of the bag frame sections so as to swing upwardly away from the primary locking members and having one of its arms adapted to engage one of the primary locking members and resiliently snap past the same.

6. The combination with a bag frame comprising hinged sections, and primary locking members therefor, of a secondary locking member consisting of a U-shaped yoke adapted to lie with its closed end transversely across the tops of the bag frame sections at one end of the primary locking members when closed and its arms extending longitudinally of said sections on opposite sides of said primary locking members, said secondary locking member being hinged to one of the bag frame sections so as to swing upwardly from the primary locking members and havino one of its arms adapted to engage one of the primary looking members and resiliently snap past the same and its other arm adapted to simultaneously resiliently engage the opposite side of the bag frame.

7. The combination with a bag frame comprising hinged sections, and primary locking members which when they are closed provide a lateral rounded projection toward one side of the bag frame, of a secondary locking member hinged to the bag frame to close fiatwise upon the top of the bag frame and bein centrally open to allow the primary loo ing members to project upward through said secondary locking member, one side portion of the secondary locking member adapted to resiliently snap past the said lateral projection of the primary locking members and the other side portion of said secondary locking member adapted to at the same time resiliently engage the opposite side of the bag frame.

8. The combination with a pair of hinged frame sections, of a knob on one of said sections, and a lockin member pivoted to one of said ections an adapted when closed to overlie opposite sides of said frame sections and be resiliently retained from opening by said knob.

9. The combination with a pair of hinged frame sections, of a knob on one of said sections, and a locking member pivoted to one of said sections having opposite portions which close down upon opposite sides of said frame sections and simultaneously resiliently engage the knob-carrying section and the said knob respectively.

HOWARD P. KING, JANET A. AYERS.

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